Solar Flare - Zombie Novel

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Solar Flare Chapters

Roger sat slumped onto one of the grimy toilets in the bathroom while his eyes adjusted to the constant flickering of the lights above. He briefly considered knocking them out with the oversized broom he'd snatched up in his mad dash for the bathroom. He could feel a dull headache forming behind his eyes & he quickly closed them. He wished closing his eyes would help block out the steady thumping & banging on the other side of the door or the blood-curdling screams that had started...

Caleb was exhausted & drenched in a sheen of sweat & grime. He & Kenny ducked between two cookie-cutter single-family homes for a quick reprieve before continuing the long run home. They'd been sprinting for over a half hour now & STILL had at least 16 blocks to go before they reached their block on Aldridge Lane. They lived two houses from each other, Caleb in an off-white Victorian & Kenny in a red & white Ranch-style home. Just like their houses, Kenny & Cale...

Jeramey woke up groggy & irritated from the sound of his roommate pounding on his door. He had stayed up all night & through the late morning chatting on his mic with his cousin Josh & hitting Call of Duty Black Ops pretty hard because he didn't work the next day. That was routine for him…he’d hole up in his room with a gigantic bag of Doritos, a case of Bud Light, a package of Twizzlers, & his electronic window to freedom. The t.v. & xbox were his favorite pas...

Steven used to think he was in shape, but dodging all of these crazy fucked up "Changed" was surprisingly taxing. He had SINCE lost his brand new Android on Fifth Street awhile back fighting with whatever the HELL that guy had become. He had a ragged, irregular laceration on his right arm, blood oozing out in a steady flow, staining his fashionable Abercrombie & Fitch dress shirt that he had JUST bought last week. Turning the corner, he dry heaved & almost vomited at what he saw as...

Liz was getting extremely irritated & annoyed. She’d been at work for almost eight & a half hours straight & was ready to leave. The phone lines had continuously buzzed all day & her supervisor Mike had asked her to stay late. Lord knew she could use the overtime but she had an exam due online in a few days & had yet to study for it. At about 6:45pm, the phone lines grew eerily silent. She took the opportunity to quickly end her shift & try to make a quick esc...

Roger KNEW he should’ve vacationed in Jamaica like his cousin Alan had recommended to him a month before. Instead, he had chosen to come to the U.S. to see the “Land of Liberty” & to gaze upon the regal figure of the Statue of Liberty. He’d been here a week already & had spent most of his time here lost trying to navigate the crazy streets of New York. Although he WAS used to the bustling streets of London, well, the streets of New York were altogether somethin...

As Habir slowly pushed himself up from the roasting pavement, he left behind a blood-spattered & gory handprint to bake under the setting sun. The bone in his pinky finger snapped like a dead twig & hung there, swinging in place. It was obvious that he could no longer see, as the pupils of his eyes had melted into a big glob, viscous juices blending & mixing within the thin membrane of his eyes. With the arduous task of sitting upright complete, gravity took in, & the gelatino...

Caleb’s mom TOLD him to be home before 6pm but Caleb always pushed his limits to see how far he could go before his mom grounded him. I guess it made him feel like a rebel who could conquer the world & he would bend to NO MAN, (or woman for that matter.) He loved his mom but at 13, he felt he could conquer anything…not understanding WHY it was so important for him to be home before darkness fell & what dangers were really lurking out there in the shadows. Kenny & Caleb...

Habir navigated his cab around the throng of people crossing the street from the airport terminal & sighed. This sucked & it was a clammy & hot even though it was early evening. You’d THINK 'cuz he had to pay good money to rent the damn cab it’d have A/C…but Joe was just too cheap to fix & maintain the cabs like he should. The lack of air also caused a lack of tips in his pocket & he KNEW he had to get another job soon. His English had improved since comi...

Dr. Keller kept calling the Pentagon but nobody would put him through & he was getting extremely agitated & frustrated. He threw the phone down & yelled “SHIT” & threw his hands up into the air. Dr. Keller had been the Chief Astronomist for NASA for 10 years, and you would THINK what he had to say would be of SOME importance but alas, shit still seems to roll downhill if you don’t wear the “brass” in the Government. What he needed to say was of ut...

Steven sat at the park texting on his new Android & thought, “man this is an awesome fuckin’ phone” as he texted Rita about their date later that night. He sat there for a moment thinking, “I hope she fuckin’ puts out this time…this is the third date & this shit’s getting expensive! I think I’ll just take her to the Café on 4th Street. Fuck it. I’m not made of money I mean what the FUCK ever happened to going Dutch?!?” H...

HONK HONK…”Get the FUCK outta the way Jackass!” a heavily accented voice screamed out to Liz while she whipped by the black Mercedes Benz on her pink 10-speed. She HAD to make it to the coffee shop for her daily Iced Coffee with skim milk & two Splendas… & THEN to the EMT call center by 10:15 before she was late for work! She only had one more excusable absence & after that, she would join the ranks of the unemployed…UGH! Being in college, she NEED...

“The End…who knew it’d rapidly fall apart like THIS…in this sick, violent & twisted way. What happened to Nuclear War, what happened to the goddamned terrorists blowing us all to Hell…what happened to a big fuckin’ comet slamming into the side of the Earth vaporizing us all or sending us into a constant winter? Instead….this…this slow, steady, constant thumping coming from the outside of my tomb like the beating of a distant drum. Ad...